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Inhospitable

Inhospitable Meaning & Definition
Inhospitable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inhospitable?

[adj] unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable dessert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
[adj] not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inhospitable: bare | barren | bleak | desert | desolate | godforsaken | hostile | stark | uncongenial | unfriendly | waste | water-washed | wild | windswept

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inhospitable: chill | chilly | closed | cold | cool | disaccordant | disagreeable | frosty | icy | ill | incompatible | inimical | strained | tense | unaffectionate | unamiable | unamicable | unbenign | unbenignant | uncompassionate | uncompassioned | uncordial | unfriendly | ungenial | ungracious | unharmonious | unhospitable | unkind | unkindly | unloving | unneighborly | unreceptive | unsociable | unsympathetic | unsympathizing

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Inhospitable In Webster's Dictionary

\In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis.] 1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people. Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper. 2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. ``Inhospitable wastes.'' --Blair. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv.

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